PARLIAMENT OF INDIA 59 RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE FIFTY-NINTH REPORT ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE CENTRAL DRUGS STANDARD CONTROL ORGANISATION (CDSCO) ((PPRREESSEENNTTEEDD TTOO TTHHEE RRAAJJYYAA SSAABBHHAA OONN 88TTHH MMAAYY,, 22001122)) ((LLAAIIDD OONN TTHHEE TTAABBLLEE OOFF TTHHEE LLOOKK SSAABBHHAA OONN 88TTHH MMAAYY,, 22001122)) RRAAJJYYAA SSAABBHHAA SSEECCRREETTAARRIIAATT NNEEWW DDEELLHHII MMAAYY,, 22001122//VVAAIISSHHAAKKHHAA,, 11993344 ((SSAAKKAA)) Website : http://rajyasabha.nic.in E-mail : [email protected] PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE FIFTY-NINTH REPORT ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE CENTRAL DRUGS STANDARD CONTROL ORGANISATION (CDSCO) (PRESENTED TO THE RAJYA SABHA ON 8TH MAY, 2012) (LAID ON THE TABLE OF THE LOK SABHA ON 8TH MAY, 2012) RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI APRIL, 2012/VAISHAKHA, 1934 (SAKA) CONTENTS PAGES 1. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE......................................................................................... (i)-(ii) (i) Main Committee .......................................................................................................... (i) (ii) Sub-Committee – III on Draft Reports................................................................... (ii) 2. PREFACE ............................................................................................................................ (iii) 3. REPORT .................................................................................................................................. 1—32 4. STUDY NOTE........................................................................................................................... 33—35 5. OBSERVATIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS — AT A GLANCE............................................................ 36—46 6. MINUTES ................................................................................................................................ 47—58 (i) Main Committee .......................................................................................................... 49—54 (ii) Sub-Committee – III on Draft Reports................................................................... 55—58 7. ANNEXURES............................................................................................................................. 59—103 COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE (MAIN COMMITTEE) RAJYA SABHA 1. Shri Brajesh Pathak — Chairman #2. Shri Janardhan Dwivedi *3. Shrimati Viplove Thakur 4. Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho 5. Shri Balbir Punj 6. Dr. Prabhakar Kore 7. Shrimati Vasanthi Stanley @8. Shri Rasheed Masood 9. Shrimati B. Jayashree 10. Shri Derek O’Brien LOK SABHA 11. Shri Ashok Argal 12. Shrimati Harsimrat Kaur Badal 13. Shri Vijay Bahuguna 14. Shrimati Raj Kumari Chauhan 15. Shrimati Bhavana Gawali 16. Dr. Sucharu Ranjan Haldar 17. Dr. Monazir Hassan 18. Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal 19. Shri S. R. Jeyadurai 20. Shri P. Lingam 21. Shri Datta Meghe 22. Dr. Jyoti Mirdha 23. Dr. Chinta Mohan 24. Shri Sidhant Mohapatra 25. Shrimati Jayshreeben Kanubhai Patel 26. Shri M. K. Raghavan 27. Shri J. M. Aaron Rashid 28. Dr. Arvind Kumar Sharma 29. Shri Radhe Mohan Singh 30. Shri Ratan Singh 31. Dr. Kirit Premjibhai Solanki SECRETARIAT Shri P.P.K. Ramacharyulu, Joint Secretary Shri R.B. Gupta, Director Shrimati Arpana Mendiratta, Joint Director Shri Dinesh Singh, Deputy Director # Ceased to be a Member w.e.f. 27th January, 2012 and re-nominated to the Committee on 2nd February, 2012. * Ceased to be a Member w.e.f. 2nd April, 2012. @ Ceased to be a Member w.e.f. 9th March, 2012. (i) SUB-COMMITTEE III ON DRAFT REPORTS – 1. Dr. Jyoti Mirdha — Convenor RAJYA SABHA 2. Shri Balbir Punj LOK SABHA 3. Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal SECRETARIAT Shri P.P.K. Ramacharyulu, Joint Secretary Shri R.B. Gupta, Director Shrimati Arpana Mendiratta, Joint Director Shri Dinesh Singh, Deputy Director (ii) PREFACE I, the Chairman of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare, having been authorized by the Committee hereby present this Fifty-Ninth Report of the Committee on the functioning of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation. 2. During the course of examination of the subject mentioned above, the Committee heard the views of Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare along with the representatives of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on the 5th January, 12th October, 2011 and 04th May, 2012. 3. During the course of the finalization of its Report, the Committee relied upon the following documents/papers received from the Department of Health and Family Welfare:– (i) Status Note; (ii) Questionnaire Part I and II on the functioning of CDSCO; and (iii) Questionnaire Set I and II on the functioning of CDSCO. 4. Study Note on the visit of the Committee to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka from 1st to 5th November, 2011 on functioning of CDSCO is also attached with Report of the Committee. 5. The Committee at its meeting held on 4th May, 2012, considered and adopted the Draft Report. 6. The Sub-Committee-III on Draft Reports considered and adopted the Report at its meeting held on 11th April, 2012. 7. For facility of reference and convenience, observations and recommendations of the Committee have been printed in bold letters in the body of the Report. BRAJESH PATHAK NEW DELHI; Chairman, 4rd May, 2012 Department-related Parliamentary Vaishakha 14, 1934 (Saka) Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare. (iii)
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